and had taken care of the details needing to be attended to. Her caregiver, a young lady had asked if she might rent my mother's apartment and I was contemplating if it were too soon. I was not grieving in a distressed way, just a heavy heart.

I was standing at my deck railing thinking; when I suddenly was chilled with "chicken skin", and felt compelled to slowly turn around where upon I saw my mother, like a hologram, dressed in one of her favorite muumuus, a familiar pin at the V neck. Her hair looked wonderful, she seemed at great peace, she held her silver handled cane. She looked straight ahead and never looked at me or spoke to me. I felt very peaceful yet startled.

I don't know how long I stood there gaping at her but at least 10 - 15 seconds when I said: "What took you so long?" and moved toward her to embrace her when her "essence" left and seemed to float over the deck railing and away.